[Shadow elects to let the first part go; surely Sonic won't need to know anything about Infinite and this will never come up again, because why would this world ever want to drag Infinite here?? It'll never happen.

Anyway, Sonic moves on and Shadow nods; he knows Sonic means it. Sonic will always do what he can for his friends, and though Shadow may grouse about it, he knows he's lucky to be counted among that number. And speaking of friends...]

Neo? You have a roommate?

[...The connection here goes sailing over his head because surely it couldn't be Metal Sonic because that would be a scrapped robot. Anyway!]

I've been looking into familiarizing myself with this place; there are some interesting people here. There's also this world's strange magic... there's plenty to keep me occupied for the time being.

[He knows Sonic wants to make sure that he's not antsy about being stuck here, so he's doing what he can to alleviate Sonic's concerns.]